SC - Re: egg straining
Mbatmantis at aol.com
Mbatmantis at aol.com
Fri Mar 24 07:41:21 PST 2000
USDA egg quality is determined by :
the shell (is it clean, unbroken and of normal shape),
Air cell (generally the smaller the air cell in the egg, the fresher the
egg-have you
ever heard that you can test the freshness of an egg by
floating it in water?
But since the air cell of an egg may be effected by the
humidity that the egg is
stored in, this isn't an absolute way to judge the age of
an egg)
the white (the are judged on the clarity and firmness)
the yolk (looking for a yolk that is of uniform shape, only slightly
defined from the
white -indicator of whites quality- and centered in the
shell)
The inside is seen by candling- the same process used to determine
fertilization.
I was wrong about the size determining the grade of the egg; that is it's
own separate category and is determined by weight.
R.
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